LEPIDOPTERA

Volynkin, A. V. & Černý, K., 2017, On the taxonomy of the genus Barsine Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae), Far Eastern Entomologist 346, pp. 17-32 : 17

( LEPIDOPTERA : EREBIDAE : ARCTIINAE )

A. V. Volynkin 1, 2 *), K. Černý 3)

1) Altai State University, Lenina av. 61, Barnaul, 656049, Russia.

2) Tomsk State University, Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecology, Lenina av. 36 ,

634050, Tomsk, Russia. *Corresponding author, E-mail: [e-mail]

3) Tiergartenstrasse 27, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.

Summary. It is established that all previous records of Barsine spilosomoides for eastern

Himalaya belong to females of Barsine defecta Walker, 1854 , and records of B. defecta from

Thailand and Vietnam belong to Barsine gratissima (de Joannis, 1930) , comb. n. The new synonymy is established: B. defecta defecta Walker, 1854 = Lyclene indistincta Moore, 1878 ,

syn. n., = Miltochrista magna Hampson, 1894 , syn. n. Two new subspecies are described: B.

defecta rubella Volynkin et Černý, subsp. n. ( China: Yunnan) and B. gratissima versicolor

Volynkin et Černý, subsp. n. ( Thailand and Laos). Miltochrista spilosomoides (Moore,

1878) is transferred here to the genus Barsine ; moreover, B. linga spilosomoides (Moore,

1878), comb. et stat. n. is considered only as a subspecies of Barsine linga Moore, 1859 .

Barsine kulingensis (Daniel, 1952) , comb. et stat. n., previously treated as a subspecies of

Miltochrista spilosomoides , is upgraded here to the species level. The species status of

Barsine gilveola (Daniel, 1952) , comb. n. is confirmed. The lectotype of Miltochrista magna

Hampson, 1894 is designated. The male and female genitalia of B. gratissima and B. linga spilosomoides are illustrated for the first time. Diagnoses for all included in paper species are given.